[ShafiqJ]

(Original post by Jiraya Sama)
Quit world of warcraft 2 weeks ago. Quit another MMORPG today. Sigh, If I don't quit it will ruin my life as it has ruined all my childhood. Going into Access in September and can't ruin my life any more due to these games.

Somebody should start a MMORPG Anonymous group to help people....just saying

[green.tea]

Tetris and cigarettes mainly.

[Anonymous]

I got addicted to codeine last term. I only stopped when I almost killed myself from taking too much. The withdrawal is horrible. I still take it occasionally but even once is enough to get a taste for it again

[for_healing_only]

Diet coke, seriously I think I drink 3 litres a day. Was advised by a doctor to cut down and try to cut it out completely after I started getting severe headaches (still have not done it, but have got it down to around 1.5 litres)

Also making overly detailed plans for everything. For instance I have a monthly meal plan spreadsheet to show me what I have to eat each day and at what times. It also shows the nutritional value for each thing.

But I also make them for activities, work schedule, journey plans etc...

[Jiraya Sama]

(Original post by ShafiqJ)
Somebody should start a MMORPG Anonymous group to help people....just saying

No kidding. Remember that MMORPG I said I quit a few days ago. Sigh. Someone, somehow hacked into my pc, reinstalled the game, paid for my membership with my card, through my bank account and is making me play it RIGHT now. After a 12 hour shift, its 6.31am and I am still grinding through monsters which will not help me in any real life situation other than to scream out, I AM LEVEL 26 Going on LEVEL 27 !

Addiction PLAX.

[jam277]

(Original post by Ben_LiveYourDreams)
Looking back I would say I was addicted to smoking pot, because it was a habit.
It didn't stop progressing well in my job at the time (recruitment consultant), and I still maintained a fairly decent level of fitness.

But when work/exercise was complete, I would start smoking pot to 'relax'.



Yeah to this.
I know alot of people that would say they weren't addictive, but I would also say that everyone in my old friendship circle was, because everyone would smoke pretty much everyday.

My house would blow the same amount of pot that others could do in a month, and not one person in my house would have said they were addicted.

Now everyone has moved on from that stage in their life.

PM me if you want advice on how to kick it.

Yeah, my mate smokes pot almost every day, it's not addictive to me, but I get a craving for smoking it out of a pipe every once in a while just for the high and not because of the addiction, been off it for like a month and a half though, probably have some when I go back to uni/get a supply but besides that it's casj.

Oh and I'm now addicted to masturbation and porn. Fully addicted, I don't even like it anymore and now have to watch dirty porn/BDSM just to get me up. I could just do with amateur and imagination but now I need my laptop screen twice a day.

[nevergohalfpace]

addicted to cigarettes but since i'm always low on cash, i can never afford them. therefore once i run out of cash, i can't smoke and therefore my addiction stops...then i visit my family in Russia where a pack is 25p -_-

[concubine]

Functioning alcoholism ftl.


Being able to overcome addictions without any help ftw.

[DeadGirlsDance]

Coke, when I was 14 .

[aliphatic]

I'm not sure. I think I had an addiction to wanting to fit in. Does that make sense? I always felt like a bit of lost lamb when I was 13-17 (various reasons, shoved from pillar to post etc), and as a consequence of that I sought love and affection in all the wrong places. I felt like I had to rely on drugs and alcohol to stay in the friendship group I was in, otherwise they would just reject me.

This would mean taking cocaine, speed, MDMA and ecstasy on a regular basis. It's almost as though I was addicted to creating this synthetic chemical personality to try and gain friends. So long as I maintained this false, outgoing and 'bubbly' persona, I could hide myself from accepting the real truly unhappy version of me. Apart from cocaine, none of the drugs I took were ones which tended to make people physically dependent on them; and so I feel like it was mainly me trying to bridge the gap between my unhappiness and keeping people close to me and make having friends and being depressed reconcilable by diverting attention elsewhere.

I'm not sure, I'm still trying to work this one out in my head. It's been three years since I last took drugs, and more than anything I just feel like a bit of an empty shell. I sometimes refuse nights out because I'm scared about what I will come into contact with and my lack of willpower to say no.... so yeah, I guess that is an addiction.

[Cinnie]

World of warcraft
cigarettes
sugar

beat them all

[tillytots]

Doing the ibuprofen trick with hangovers. Its probably going to kill me

[Stevo112]

(Original post by aliphatic)
I'm not sure. I think I had an addiction to wanting to fit in. Does that make sense? I always felt like a bit of lost lamb when I was 13-17 (various reasons, shoved from pillar to post etc), and as a consequence of that I sought love and affection in all the wrong places. I felt like I had to rely on drugs and alcohol to stay in the friendship group I was in, otherwise they would just reject me.

This would mean taking cocaine, speed, MDMA and ecstasy on a regular basis. It's almost as though I was addicted to creating this synthetic chemical personality to try and gain friends. So long as I maintained this false, outgoing and 'bubbly' persona, I could hide myself from accepting the real truly unhappy version of me. Apart from cocaine, none of the drugs I took were ones which tended to make people physically dependent on them; and so I feel like it was mainly me trying to bridge the gap between my unhappiness and keeping people close to me and make having friends and being depressed reconcilable by diverting attention elsewhere.

I'm not sure, I'm still trying to work this one out in my head. It's been three years since I last took drugs, and more than anything I just feel like a bit of an empty shell. I sometimes refuse nights out because I'm scared about what I will come into contact with and my lack of willpower to say no.... so yeah, I guess that is an addiction.

thats a pretty sad story...



I currently have an addiction to gambling. I used to play poker and make a lot of money but lost equal amounts on roulette and blackjack. In the past 12 months i've kept the addiction under control for the most part by sticking to low stake bets. Currently stake around £10 a day, which gives returns quite frequently. Overall I probably lose £2 a day to gambling. Considering i've had times where i've put £500 bets on the nose of a horse I think it is pretty good now

Oh and a coffee/caffeine addiction Bad times

[concubine]

MMO 'addiction'.


.____.




Unless you're one of those rare individuals so engrossed in whatever ****ty game you're playing that you leave your baby to die next to you, it's not an addiction. You're just obscenely lacking in willpower and motivation.

[lizziefree]

-Chewing gum... I used to chew over 70 pieces of gum a day.
-Counting calories/exercise... (I used to do 6-7 hours exercise a day)
-Studying...Still am addicted to that.
-Sims.

(Original post by Ree69)
Yeah, runescape does some weird things to people.

I'm guilty of once being a Runescape addict too :P

[laura_ann]

Cocaine, cigarettes.

[A100whoo]

(Original post by Vixen47)
Exercise and calorie counting.
Approx. 17 months ago I strained both of my calf muscles because of compulsive/excessive exercising and I still continued to exercise because I'd become incredibly anxious if I stopped for even one day. I somehow seemed to convince myself that I would put on a load of weight if I skipped a day. At the time I started consuming 700 calories and went down to 500, after which I had to force myself back to 700. 15 months ago I realised that I had developed an eating disorder and I told my sisters who wouldn't believe me, then I told my best friends who were sceptical but didn't wanna say anything so I continued spiralling down - when you have absolutely no support from those who are closest to you, what do you do? I ended up losing 3 dress sizes (went from a 14/16 to a 10ish) and still, my sisters and best friends are sceptical. My sisters did actually confront me about it several months ago, and when I say confront I mean shout, scream and scold.

In the last 11 months I made four/five attempts at getting back to normal but I failed due to relapsing after each attempt. I'm hoping to make my final attempt at getting better this Ramadan.

Hey, I was thinking about this the other day about Muslim girls with eating disorders doing Ramadan. How have you found it so far? Has it made worse or better? Good luck! xx

[Aisha~~]

(Original post by laura_ann)
Cocaine, cigarettes.

Story behind? Amazed someone managed to take enough coke to become addicted, and then overcome it, at such a young age.

[Vixen47]

(Original post by A100whoo)
Hey, I was thinking about this the other day about Muslim girls with eating disorders doing Ramadan. How have you found it so far? Has it made worse or better? Good luck! xx

At first it was horrible. Not only was I unaware of how many calories I was putting in my mouth, but I was also thrown off my usual routine of my 'safe' foods (most, or probably all of which are essentially whole foods) because I was having to consume large amounts of refined carbs and fried food every day. Like every other year, you overestimate the amount you should eat in the first week or two and end up making enough food for the country. My family did this. It's probably the biggest thing that really pisses me off because eating that much food makes me feel/look incredibly bloated because during the first week everyone expects you to stuff yourself. I don't even stuff myself on a normal day! Thankfully it calmed down after because it was just me and my sister at home and we could cook/order whatever the hell we wanted so I could finally start eating light. My sister's like me in that she prefers the healthier options. Though, tbf, we have been eating out every single day this week, and it has actually made it easier to keep my calories in control this way.

What made you think of Muslim girls with eating disorders?

[Leon Trotsky]

Nope. I sometimes crave alcohol for some reason, but hopefully it won't become an addiction. I try not to drink when I feel down in case I become dependent on it.